Celebs remember SA Hip Hop pioneer Pro Kid

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August 9, 2018

RIP Pro Kid: Celebs pay tribute to the SA Hip Hop heavyweight

Bonang Matheba, AKA, Boity, Proverb, and more took to social media this morning to pay tribute to South African Hip Hop pioneer, Linda Mkhize, better known as Pro Kid. The news of the rapper’s death was confirmed in the early hours of Thursday (9.08.18) morning after he had a seizure on Wednesday night.

Pro Kid’s family released a statement which stated that the Hip Hop veteran suffered a severe seizure, but after multiple attempts from paramedics he could not be revived, and was pronounced dead at 8.38pm.

There would be no charts to top, no deals to sign, no tours no nothing without Linda Mkhize and what he did for this industry & that’s the shit we got caught up in, too busy with our own nonsense to reach out to our own big brother and talk to him, sit with him. Appreciate him 💔

Dankie San you made ghetto metaphors and punchlines seem effortless, you birthed a whole generation of spitters that were inspired by your style. A rap pioneer, word engineer top 5 dead or alive. #RipProKid and condolences to your family. pic.twitter.com/NhDo19QUTJ